Ro Khanna Gets a Live BS-Meter Score on Epstein — and Massey Beats Him

Accuses Khanna and Massie of politicizing Epstein victims for personal gain — Opinion (50/100)

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Classic 'you're only doing this for politics' line — zero evidence either way.

Why this score: Opinion, not fact. - Speaker frames the push for files as self-serving - No specific actions or votes cited to back the claim - Khanna and Massie have filed the Epstein Files Transparency Act together

Original quote: “Someone's convicted as a pet file. Would you ever take your family to their island? Absolutely not. Okay. Y'all taking this issue that real victims have gone through and it's almost like politicizing it for a personal political agenda.”

Claims Trump released more Epstein files than Biden because of Massie/Khanna pressure — Dubious (45/100)

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Trump admin had the files first — Biden didn't declassify more, but 'forced his hand' is doing heavy lifting.

Why this score: Timeline matters here. - Epstein died in 2019 under Trump; files stayed sealed - Khanna and Massie pushed the Transparency Act in 2024-2025 - Trump signed nothing forcing release; Biden DOJ also kept most documents sealed until court orders - Current 2026 unredacted push is bipartisan congressional, not presidential

Original quote: “degree where was this energy when you first came in? Who released Epstein files? Was it Joe Biden? Was it President Trump? Well, he did it cuz Massie and I forced his hand with the So, why didn't you force Joe Biden's hand? Donald Trump has done more to expose pet files than Joe Biden ever did.”

Sources: The ‘Crazy’ Plot to Release the Epstein Files - The Atlantic, So This Is Why Trump Didn’t Want to Release the Epstein Files - The Atlantic, Fact check: Did Democrats take action over Epstein case transparency? | Donald Trump News | Al Jazeera

Trump admin ordered full redaction of survivor FBI interviews in March — Dubious (35/100)

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Khanna says redactions were already done when they arrived — no evidence presented of a March Trump order.

Why this score: Key claim lacks sourcing. - Khanna asserts Trump admin ordered redactions in March - No document, memo, or directive named - NYT interview notes Khanna still wants unredacted survivor statements

Original quote: “is that the Trump administration ordered the redaction of these files. March. They said to redact all of them if anything with survivors had talked to the FBI agents. We didn't see those files when we went into Justice, Massie and I and others, they already had been redacted.”

Quotes JFK to claim a monolithic ruthless conspiracy still silences dissenters and buries mistakes — Opinion (50/100)

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JFK's 1961 speech was about Cold War secrecy — applying it to Epstein files now is a stretch.

Why this score: Rhetorical move, not evidence. - The quote predates Epstein by decades and targeted Soviet threats - No data presented linking current government handling to that era's "monolithic conspiracy" - Speaker uses it to frame transparency push as fighting the same enemy

Original quote: “Transparency vibes check out. Um uh to quote President Kennedy, we are still opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy whose dissenters are silenced and not praised, whose mistakes are buried and not headlined. No expenditure is questioned and no secret is revealed.”